The poetical works of Thomas Gray.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1847
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3069890
Summary
Bibliographic description
cxxiv, 223, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8vo. Pencil number (erased) on rear free endpaper: "5315". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamp on rear pastedowns: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Binding: Twentieth-century Cosway-style binding: full blue-green morocco; gilt fillets to form a panel design on upper board with gilt stamped lines of Gray's verse around the edges; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: monogram 'TG' within frame of gilt tooled leaves and flowers with inlaid red morocco; gilt fillets and roll to form a panel design on lower board; gilt tooled cornerpieces on boards: leaves and flowers with inlaid red morocco; sewn onto five raised bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The poems of Gray'; gilt tooled leaves and flowers with inlaid red morocco in remaining spine compartments; double gilt fillet on board edges; red morocco pastedowns; gilt fillets and rolls on turn-ins; miniature of Thomas Gray under glass on front pastedown in gilt metal frame with gilt rolled border; three pearls set above and below the miniature within a gilt tooled spray of leaves; gilt textblock edges; ivory watered silk free endleaves. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Gilt stamped monogram on rear pastedown: 'S&S' [i.e. Sangorski & Sutcliffe]. In blue cloth-covered box with gilt lettered spine: 'The poems of Gray'.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gray (1716-1771), author John Mitford (1781-1859), editor